2005.90.9

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Tailor_17 Left to right 2003.109.1 (suit), 2006.7.4 (tan pantsuit), 95.83.1 (hat case), 98.119.1 and 99.3.1 (shoes case), 2006.11.4 and 2006.11.3 (textiles wall), 2005.90.9 (tuxedo), 2005.90.6 (red suit), 97.71.1 (ensemble), 2005.90.5 (taupe suit), 2003.60.2 (skirt ensemble), 2005.25.1 (textile wall), 2006.16.1 (grey suit), 2006.18.1 (dark grey suit)

Tailor_14 Left to right 98.20.11 (blue suit), 95.77.2 (grey shorts suit), 2003.109.1 (dark blue suit hidden), 2006.7.4 (tan pantsuit), 98.119.1 and 99.3.1 (shoes case), 95.83.1 (hat case), 2005.90.9 (black tuxedo), 2005.90.6 (red suit), 97.71.1 (ensemble), 2006.11.4 and 2006.11.3 (textiles wall)

Tailor_12 Left to right 98.20.11 (blue suit), 95.77.2 (grey shorts suit), 2003.109.1 (dark blue suit hidden), 2006.7.4 (tan pantsuit), 95.83.1 (hat case), 98.119.1 and 99.3.1 (shoes case), 2005.90.9 (black tuxedo), 2005.90.6 (red suit hidden), 97.71.1 (ensemble), 2006.11.4 and 2006.11.3 (textiles wall), 2005.90.5 (taupe suit), 2003.60.2 (skirt ensemble), 2005.25.1 (textile wall), 2006.16.1 (grey suit), 2006.18.1 (dark grey suit)

Object: Suit

Designer: Thierry Mugler (French, 1948 - 2022)

Retailer: Saks Fifth Avenue (American, founded 1924)

Date: 1993

Medium: Black wool twill and satin

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Rose Marie Bravo

Object number: 2005.90.9

DescriptionStylized tuxedo pantsuit in black wool twill with satin collar, lapel and stripe; closely fitted jacket with double princess seam angled at waist, notch collar variation with elongated point and shaped lapel, padded shoulders, satin-covered buttons; wide straightleg pants

Label Text:This suit channels the serious and intelligent woman Mugler has often identified as his ideal client, abandoning the constricting styles he helped popularize earlier in his career. Straight-legged trousers give the wearer a sense of height and presence. The jacket, nipped in at the waist, gives a subtle indication of the feminine figure that belies the suit's masculine tuxedo styling. This experimentation with new ways to represent his clients as powerful, yet sexy, women successfully transitioned Mugler into the minimalist aesthetic of the 1990s.

In Collection(s)

1990s

Exhibitions:

The Tailor's Art